[The glaucoma of short-sighted young people (author's transl)].

Abstract

About 20 patients chosen at random, and counting 40 over 6 diop. myopic eyes, had their ocular pressure systematically checked. The results were compared with the ocular pressure of 40 non myopic eyes, matched one by one. All the myopic eyes went through a tonography, a gonioscopy and their visual fields were checked through the Friedmann's central field analyser. When no glaucoma was found among the non myopic eyes, 25% of myopic eyes were affected by a significantly high ocular pressure, gonioscopic and perimetric changes. The familial investigations only showed few glaucomatous antecedents. The treatment is debated.